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ISSUE #426

29th of September 2024
 



Announcements


Koin 4.0 — Official Release
The Koin team is excited to announce the release of Koin 4.0. Read more about the improvements coming up here.
blog.insert-koin.io



Articles


Optimized Image Loading for Compose and Kotlin Multiplatform
This article by Jaewoong Eum dives into the advanced features and optimizations of Landscapist, highlighting its performance enhancements, customizability, and seamless integration with Jetpack Compose and Kotlin Multiplatform.
proandroiddev.com

Kotlin JVM args: Inheritance & Defaults
Jason Pearson discusses discusses how JVM arguments influence Kotlin's daemon for compilation, noting that while most small projects may not be affected, medium to large projects should verify their settings.
www.jasonpearson.dev

Spring Boot with Kotlin, AWS S3, and S3Template
Piotr Wolak wrote another article dedicated to the AWS S3 integration with the Spring Boot Kotlin app, where he shows how to write cleaner code thanks to the S3Template.
codersee.com

Delegated Properties in Kotlin
Matthias Schenk highlights how property delegation in Kotlin enhances code clarity and simplicity by reducing boilerplate, enabling reusable logic and more.
poisonedyouth.github.io

Kotlin Multiplatform at Philo: Bumps in the Road
Folks at Philo discuss their journey implementing Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) for frontend business logic, detailing the challenges they faced.
blog.philo.com
 


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Android


Kotlin Coroutine mechanisms part 3: swapping CoroutineContext
Third article in the series by Amanda Hinchman, where she explores coroutine contexts and how to manage threading in Kotlin for Android development effectively.
hinchman-amanda.medium.com

Snappy, Not Crappy: An Android Health & Performance Journey
We have a meta article here: the Reddit team posts on Reddit about their journey to move from an struggling Android app with severe performance issues to reduce technical debt, and modernize its architecture to improve user experience and engagement.
www.reddit.com

Understanding Jetpack Compose
Article analyzing some of the internals from the Compose Compiler, Runtime and UI
mohammedakram.com



Videos


Exploring Kotlin Performance with Romain Guy!
Ivan and Sebastiano from Code with the Italians speak with Romain Guy, from Google, about Kotlin performance and more.
www.youtube.com

Back to Basics Kotlin Refactoring
Duncan McGregor revisits the Gilded Rose codebase, and checks whether the man or the AI machine are better at refactoring.
www.youtube.com



Libraries


PodcastIndex-SDK
Unofficial Type-safe PodcastIndex SDK for Kotlin Multiplatform Supporting Android/Desktop/iOS platforms.
github.com

Inspektor
A multiplatform HTTP inspection library for Ktor.
github.com

VICE
VICE is an MVI (Model-View-Intent) framework that uses UDF (Unidirectional Data Flow) to drive a UI.
github.com

Ksoup
Ksoup is a Kotlin Multiplatform library for working with HTML and XML. It's a port of the renowned Java library Jsoup.
github.com

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